Suarez Navarro beats Govortsova to reach Generali Ladies quarterfinals

October 13th, 2009 Top-seeded Pennetta beats Shaughnessy in AustriaLINZ, Austria — Top-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy routed Meghann Shaughnessy of the United States 6-1, 6-1 Tuesday in the opening round of the Generali Ladies. Pennetta had lost both previous matches to Shaughnessy.

October 13th, 2009 6th-seeded Cirstea of Romania loses in AustriaLINZ, Austria — Sixth-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania struggled with her serve Tuesday, losing to Julia Goerges of Germany 6-3, 6-3 in the opening round of the Generali Ladies. The 79th-ranked Goerges converted six of 13 break points.

October 12th, 2009 Carla Suarez Navarro advances in LinzLINZ, Austria — Fourth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro eased past Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia 6-2, 6-4 Monday in the first round of the Generali Ladies. The 34th-ranked Spaniard had three breaks in the opening set and added four more in the second at the indoor Intersport Arena.

October 12th, 2009 Kvitova, Olaru advance at Generali LadiesLINZ, Austria — Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic defeated Andrea Petkovic of Germany 6-1, 6-4 Monday in the first round of the Generali Ladies. Kvitova broke Petkovic three times in the opening set and converted her first match point in the second to win the indoor match at the Intersport Arena.

September 24th, 2009 No. 2-seed Shahar Peer advances at Tashkent OpenTASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Second-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel beat Kathrin Woerle of Germany 6-2, 6-4 Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Tashkent Open. The 46th-ranked Peer is looking for her second straight title after winning the Guangzhou Open last weekend.

September 23rd, 2009 Shvedova, Peer advance at Tashkent OpenTASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Top-seeded Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan beat Ekaterina Ivanova of Russia 7-5, 6-2 Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Tashkent Open. Fifth-seeded Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland and Monica Niculescu of Romania also advanced to the quarterfinals.

September 14th, 2009 Govortsova advances at Guangzhou OpenGUANGZHOU, China — Sixth-seeded Olga Govortsova of Belarus beat Han Xinyun of China 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 Monday to reach the second round of the Guangzhou Open. In two other first-round matches in the WTA tournament, Panova of Russia defeated Yurika Sema of Japan 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7) and Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan downed Rika Fujiwara of Japan 6-3, 6-2.

July 26th, 2009 Petkovic beats Olaru to win Gastein LadiesBAD GASTEIN, Austria — Andrea Petkovic of Germany captured her first WTA Tour title on Sunday, beating Ioana Raluca Olaru of Romania 6-2, 6-3 at the Nuernberger Gastein Ladies. The 98th-ranked Petkovic has won eight titles on the lower ranked ITF circuit, but had never before reached a WTA quarterfinal.

July 25th, 2009 Petkovic beats Shvedova to reach Gastein finalBAD GASTEIN, Austria — Andrea Petkovic of Germany has beaten Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-2, 6-1 to reach her first career WTA Tour final at the Nuernberger Gastein Ladies. Petkovic will play either top-seeded Alize Cornet or Ioana Raluca Olaru in Sunday's final.

July 24th, 2009 Petkovic downs Groenefeld in Gastein quarterfinalsBAD GASTEIN, Austria — Andrea Petkovic has rallied to beat Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1 and reach her first career semifinal at the Nuernberger Gastein Ladies. The seventh-seeded Groenefeld hit 11 double faults on Friday.

July 23rd, 2009 Davydenko beats Chardy to reach quarterfinalsHAMBURG — Qualifier Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay upset eighth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-4, 7-6 (8) Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the German Open. Second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko ended Jeremy Chardy's bid for a second title in two weeks by beating the Frenchman 6-3, 6-3.

July 22nd, 2009 Defending Gastein Ladies champ upset in 2nd roundBAD GASTEIN, Austria — Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia upset defending champion Pauline Parmentier of France 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 Wednesday in the second round of the Nuernberger Gastein Ladies. Parmentier served 10 double faults, while the sixth-seeded Rybarikova had seven aces.

July 17th, 2009 Top-seeded Schiavone reaches semis at Prague OpenPRAGUE — Top-seeded Francesca Schiavone routed Kateryna Bondarenko 6-1, 6-1 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Prague Open. The 30th-ranked Schiavone, who reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon last month, will next play either fourth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain or Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland in one of Saturday's semifinals.

June 27th, 2009 Venus Williams moves into 4th round at WimbledonWIMBLEDON, England — Venus Williams has powered her way into the second week of Wimbledon, defeating Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 6-0, 6-4 Saturday to reach the fourth round. Williams is trying to become the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1991-93 to win three consecutive titles at the All England Club.

June 18th, 2009 Defending champion Ferrer loses in quartersDEN BOSCH, Netherlands — Ivan Navarro upset defending champion David Ferrer 6-4, 6-2 Thursday in a match between Spaniards to reach the Ordina Open semifinals. Navarro next plays Raemon Sluiter of the Netherlands.